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Tenth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia ISSUED WITHOUT FORMAL EDITING Chair’s Summary Tenth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia 2030 Road Map for Sustainable Transport ~ Aligning with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 14-16 March 2017 Venue: Don Chan Palace Hotel & Convention, Vientiane, Lao PDR Forum Chair H.E. Dr. Bounchanh Sinthavong, Minister of the Public Works and Transport, Lao People's Democratic Republic I. Introduction 1. The Intergovernmental Tenth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia co- organized by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) of the Government of Lao PDR, the Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan (MOE-Japan), the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), the United Nations Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD) and the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), from 14 to 16 March 2017 in Vientiane, Lao PDR, with the theme of “2030 Road Map for Sustainable Transport ~ Aligning with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”. 2. The Forum was officially inaugurated by H.E Mr. Somdy Douangdy, Deputy Prime Minister of the Lao PDR, and chaired by H.E. Dr. Bounchanh Sinthavong, Minister of Public Works and Transport, Lao PDR. The Forum was attended by over three hundred participants comprised of national and city government representatives from thirty-eight countries (Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, People's Republic of China (hereinafter, China), Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Kiribati, Republic of Korea (hereinafter, Korea), Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Russian Federation, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor- Leste, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe), subsidiary Expert Group Members of the Regional EST Forum in Asia, international resource persons, representatives from various United Nations and international organisations, multilateral development banks, scientific and research organisations, nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), local observers and professionals from the transport and development sector in Lao People's Democratic Republic. As a whole, the participants attending the Forum were from forty-eight countries, which include twenty-five regular member countries1 of the Regional EST Forum in Asia. 1 Regular member countries of the Regional EST Forum in Asia includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Republic of Korea, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russian Federation, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam. 1 ISSUED WITHOUT FORMAL EDITING 3. As an integral part of the Tenth Regional EST Forum in Asia, the following three events were organized: (a) Pre-event on Contribution of Rural Transport to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 13 March 2017; (b) The Regional Seminar on Sustainable and Inclusive Transport Development- Fostering Rural Transport Connectivity to help achieve SDGs, 14-16 March 2017; and (c) Vientiane International Mayors Forum, 15 March 2017. Further, the outcome of the Global Sustainable Transport Conference 2016 (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan) was jointly introduced by the Representative of the Government of Turkmenistan and Ms. Birgitte Bryld, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Division for Sustainable Development, UN DESA. An update on the outcome of the 2016 Ministerial Conference on Transport (Moscow, Russian Federation) was provided by UN ESCAP along with the Regional Strategy and Policy Framework to Improve Rural Transport Connectivity to Wider Local, National and Regional Transport Networks. 4. The Forum was supported by a number of national and international organisations and donor agencies, including the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Department for International Development (DFID), EMBARQ (The World Resources Institute’s Center for Sustainable Transport), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), German International Cooperation (GIZ), ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, International Road Transport Union (IRU), Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), International Union of Railways (UIC), Research for Community Access Partnership (ReCAP), SAFER-Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre, University of Gothenburg, United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Victoria Transport Policy Institute (VTPI), World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Bank (WB). 5. Asia, being the most populated (with 4.4 billion people) and fastest growing and urbanising region in the world, will require a massive transformation in its transport sector in order to remain on the path of resilience, economic prosperity and sustainability. Although development in Asia has achieved spectacular progress on many fronts in the last decade in implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Asian countries and cities are facing several social, economic and environmental challenges due to unplanned urbanization and inadequate provision of infrastructure and basic services both in urban and rural areas. Increased rates of traffic accidents, congestion and pollution have been critical impeding factors hampering social well-being and economic prosperity in Asia, though member countries of Regional EST Forum in Asia have adopted the Bali Declaration on Vision Three Zeros – Zero Accidents, Zero Congestion, and Zero Pollution (2013). At the same time, lack of accessibility has been one of the critical challenges to uplift the rural economy and social well-being. Though rural connectivity is an important driver for rural development as well as resilience and empowerment of rural communities, dedicated investments for rural transport remains a critical challenge for many developing countries of the region. This has ultimately hampered efforts towards poverty eradication, hunger elimination, wider regional economic integration and sustainable regional development. Lack of efficient supply chain logistics and freight transport connectivity in rural areas and between rural and urban areas has adversely affected the farming community and their livelihood security. Crop wastages between farms and the consumers remains a critical challenge in achieving SDG 2 that calls to end hunger and achieve food security. 6. The Heads of State and Government and High Level Representatives of 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted the post-2015 development agenda – Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 related targets at 2 ISSUED WITHOUT FORMAL EDITING its core, at the UN Sustainable Development Summit held in New York from 25 to 27 September 2015. The Agenda, which represents a plan of action for people, planet, and prosperity, reflects the commitment of the countries to shift the world on to a sustainable and resilient path. Through the adoption of the Agenda, the member states have significantly reinforced the vital role of sustainable transport in achieving the SDGs. 7. At the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in 2015, Parties to the UNFCCC reached a landmark agreement, the Paris Agreement, to combat climate change and to accelerate and intensify the actions and investments needed for a sustainable low carbon future, and to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping the average global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The Agreement calls for ambitious goals to set up appropriate financial flows, a new technology framework and an enhanced capacity building framework to support actions taken by countries based on their own national objectives (also known as Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs). 8. In the Third International Conference on Financing for Development held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 13 to 16 July 2015, member countries agreed that “current policy, finance and investment patterns are not delivering the future we want”. Therefore it is important to continue “strengthening official finance, and unlocking the transformative potential of people and the private sector while ensuring that investment patterns support sustainable development, and strengthen national and international policy environments.” Recognizing the importance of resilient cities and transport infrastructure, the conference further called for a new initiative to ensure sufficient investment in sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including transport, communication, water, sanitation and energy, in all countries”, and urged the international community “to increase its support to projects that foster regional integration, in collaboration with regional and multilateral development banks and other stakeholders.” 9. The New Urban Agenda (NUA) adopted at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), which took place in October 2016 in Quito, Ecuador, provides a new framework that lays out how cities should be planned and managed
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